Election of Pope 3

Voting

Cardinals formerly used these intricate ballot papers, one of which is shown folded above. Currently, theballots are simple cards, folded once (like a note card), with the words “I elect as Supreme Pontiff …..” printed on them.

Cardinal electors receive copies of ballot cards, scrutiny ballots, and a copy of Ordo Rituum Conclavis (Order for Rites in a Conclave). Shown above are the ballot papers of Cardinal RogerMahony used in the 2013 conclave.

On the afternoon of the first day, one ballot may be held. If a ballot takes place on the afternoon of the first day and no-one is elected, or no ballot had taken place, four ballots are held on each successive day: two in each morning and two in each afternoon. Before voting in the morning and again before voting in the afternoon, the electors take an oath to obey the rules of the conclave. If no result is obtained after three vote days of balloting, the process is suspended for a maximum of one day for prayer and an address by the senior Cardinal Deacon. After seven further ballots, the process may again be similarly suspended, with the address now being delivered by the senior Cardinal Priest. If, after another seven ballots, no result is achieved, voting is suspended once more, the address being delivered by the senior Cardinal Bishop. After a further seven ballots, there shall be a day of prayer, reflection and dialogue. In the following ballots, only the two names who received the most votes in the last ballot shall be eligible in a runoff election. However, the two people who are being voted on, if Cardinal electors, shall not themselves have the right to vote.[8]

The process of voting comprises three phases: the “pre-scrutiny”, the “scrutiny”, and the “post-scrutiny.”

Pre-scrutiny

During the pre-scrutiny, the Masters of the Ceremonies prepare ballot papers bearing the words Eligo in Summum Pontificem (“I elect as Supreme Pontiff”) and provide at least two to each cardinal elector. As the cardinals begin to write down their votes, the Secretary of the College of Cardinals, the Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations and the Masters of Ceremonies exit; the junior Cardinal Deacon then closes the door. The junior Cardinal Deacon then draws by lot nine names; the first three become Scrutineers, the second three Infirmarii and the last three Revisers. New Scrutineers, Infirmarii and Revisers are not selected again after the first scrutiny; the same nine cardinals perform the same task for the second scrutiny. After lunch, the election resumes with the oath to obey the rules of the conclave taken anew when the cardinals again assemble in the Sistine Chapel. Nine names are chosen for new scrutineers, infirmarii, and revisers. The third scrutiny then commences, and if necessary, a fourth immediately follows.[78] No changes in these rules were made by Benedict XVI in 2007. These rules were followed, so far as is known, given the secrecy of a conclave, in electing Pope Francis in March 2013.

Scrutiny

The scrutiny phase of the election is as follows: The cardinal electors proceed, in order of precedence, to take their completed ballots (which bear only the name of the individual voted for) to the altar, where the Scrutineers stand. Before casting the ballot, each cardinal elector takes a Latin oath, which translates to: “I call as my witness Christ the Lord who will be myjudge, that my vote is given to the one who before God I think should be elected.” If any cardinal elector is in the Chapel, but cannot proceed to the altar due to infirmity, the lastScrutineer may go to him and take his ballot after the oath is recited. If any cardinal elector is by reason of infirmity confined to his room, the Infirmarii go to their rooms with ballot papers and a box. Any such sick cardinals take the oath and then complete the ballot papers. When the Infirmarii return to the Chapel, the ballots are counted to ensure that their number matches with the number of ill cardinals; thereafter, they are deposited in the appropriate receptacle. This oath is taken by all cardinals as they cast their ballots. If no one is chosen on the first scrutiny, then a second scrutiny immediately follows. A total of four scrutinies are taken each day, two in the morning and two in the afternoon.

The oath when casting one’s vote is therefore anonymous, since the name of the elector is no longer signed on the ballot with that of the candidate. (Previously, the ballot was also signed by the elector and then folded over to cover the signature of the elector and then sealed to result in a semi-secret ballot. See example above.) This was the procedure prior to 1945. Above is a copy of the old three section semi-secret ballot, which was last used in the conclave of 1939. There was no oath taken when actually casting ballots, prior to 1621.[79] Completely secret ballots (at the option of the cardinals present and voting) were sometimes used prior to 1621, but these secret ballots had no oath taken when the vote was actually cast. At some conclaves prior to 1621, the cardinals verbally voted and sometimes stood in groups to facilitate counting the votes cast. The signature of the elector covered by a folded-over part of the ballot paper was added by Gregory XV in 1621, to prevent anyone from casting the deciding vote for himself. Cardinal Pole of England refused to cast the deciding vote for himself in 1549 (and was not elected), but in 1492 Cardinal Borgia (Pope Alexander VI) did cast the deciding vote for himself.[80] Faced by the mortal challenge to the papacy emanating from Protestantism, and fearing schism due to several stormy conclaves in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, Gregory XV established this procedure to prevent any cardinal from casting the deciding vote for himself.[81] Since 1945, a cardinal can again cast the deciding vote for himself, though the 2/3 majority rule has always been continued, except when John Paul II had modified that rule in 1996 (after 33 ballots, a simple majority was sufficient), with the 2/3 majority rule restored in 2007 by Benedict XVI.[82]

Prior to 1621, the only oath taken was that of obedience to the rules of the conclave in force at that time, when the cardinals entered the conclave and the doors were locked, and each morning and afternoon as they entered the Sistine Chapel to vote. Gregory XV added the additional oath, taken when each cardinal casts his ballot, to prevent cardinals wasting time in casting “courtesy votes” and instead narrowing the number of realistic candidates for the papal throne to perhaps only two or three. Speed in electing a pope was important, and that meant using an oath so as to get the cardinals down to the serious business of electing a new pope and narrowing the number of potentially electable candidates. The reforms of Gregory XV in 1621 and reaffirmed in 1622 created the written detailed step-by-step procedure used in choosing a pope; a procedure that was essentially the same as that which was used in 2013 to elect Pope Francis. The biggest change since 1621 was the elimination of the rule that required the electors to sign their ballots resulting in the detailed voting procedure of scrutiny making use of anonymous oaths. This was perhaps the most significant change in the modern era. It was a significant change to the step-by-step voting procedure, since that detailed voting procedure was first created in 1621. It was Pius XII who made this change in 1945.[83][84]

Once all votes have been cast, the first Scrutineer chosen shakes the container, and the last Scrutineer removes and counts the ballots. If the number of ballots does not correspond to the number of cardinal electors present, the ballots are burnt, unread, and the vote is repeated. If, however, no irregularities are observed, the ballots may be opened and the votes counted. Each ballot is unfolded by the first Scrutineer; all three Scrutineers separately write down the name indicated on the ballot. The last of the Scrutineers reads the name aloud.

Once all of the ballots have been opened, the final post-scrutiny phase begins.

Post-scrutiny

Fumata nera in the Sistine Chapel, indicating that there was not a two-thirds majority in the papal election at the Conclave.[85]

Fumata bianca in Sistine Chapel, indicating that a pope has been elected by the College of Cardinals.[85]

The Scrutineers add up all of the votes, and the Revisers check the ballots and the names on the Scrutineers’ lists to ensure that no error was made. The ballots are then all burned by the Scrutineers with the assistance of the Secretary of the College and the Masters of Ceremonies. If the first scrutiny held in any given morning or afternoon does not result in an election, the cardinals proceed to the next scrutiny immediately. The papers from both scrutinies are then burned together at the end of the second scrutiny.

Fumata nera and fumata bianca

The color of the smoke indicates the results to the people assembled in St Peter’s Square. Dark smoke (fumata nera) indicates that the ballot did not result in an election, while white smoke (fumata bianca) announces that a new pope was chosen.[85] Originally, in the event a pope was not elected, damp straw was added to the fire to create dark smoke. In the event a new pope was elected, the ballots were burned alone, creating white smoke.

Prior to 1945 (when Pius XII changed the form of ballot to use anonymous oaths, first carried out in 1958), the sealing wax on the complex type ballots illustrated above had the effect of making the smoke from burning the ballots either black or white, depending on whether or not damp straw was added. This explains the confusion over the color of the smoke in the 1958 Papal conclave, caused by the lack of sealing wax on the ballots. The Siri Thesis was based on the confusion over the smoke color on the first day of that conclave.

Since 1963, chemicals have been added to the burning process, and beginning in 2005, bells ring after a successful election to augment the white smoke.[86]

During the 2013 conclave, the Vatican disclosed the chemicals used to color the smoke:[87][88][89]

·       Fumata nera:

·       Potassium perchlorate

·       Anthracene

·       Sulphur

·       Fumata bianca:

·       Potassium chlorate

·       Lactose / milk sugar

·       Colophony / pine rosin

Acceptance and proclamation

Once the election concludes, the Cardinal Dean summons the Secretary of the College of Cardinals and the Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations into the hall. The Cardinal Dean then asks the pope-elect if he assents to the election, saying in Latin: “Acceptasne electionem de te canonice factam in Summum Pontificem? (Do you accept your canonical election as Supreme Pontiff?)” There is no requirement that the pope-elect do so and he is free to respond “Non accepto” (I don’t accept).

In practise, any cardinal who intends not to accept will explicitly state this before he receives a sufficient number of votes to become pope, asGiovanni Colombo did in October 1978.[90]

If he accepts, and is already a bishop, he immediately takes office. If he is not a bishop, however, he must be first consecrated as one before he can assume office. If a priest is elected, the Cardinal Dean consecrates him bishop; if a layman is elected, then the Cardinal Dean first ordains him deacon, then priest, and only then consecrates him as bishop. Only after becoming a bishop does the pope-elect take office. These functions of the Dean are assumed, if necessary, by the sub-Dean, and if the sub-Dean is also impeded, they are assumed by the senior cardinal-bishop in attendance. In 2005 the Dean himself—Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger—was elected pope. In 2013, the Dean and sub-Dean were not in attendance (over the age limit), and these functions were assumed by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re.

Since 533,[citation needed] the new pope has also decided on his regnal name. Pope John II was the first to adopt a new papal name; he felt that his original name, Mercurius, was inappropriate, as it was also the name of a Roman god. In most cases, even if such considerations are absent, popes tend to choose papal names different from their baptismal names; the last pope to reign under his baptismal name was Pope Marcellus II (1555). After the newly elected pope accepts his election, the Cardinal Dean asks him about his papal name, saying in Latin: “Quo nomine vis vocari? (By what name do you wish to be called?)” After the papal name is chosen, the officials are readmitted to the conclave, and the Master of Pontifical Liturgical Ceremonies writes a document recording the acceptance and the new name of the pope.

In the past, when the cardinals were voting during the conclave, they sat on canopied thrones symbolizing the cardinals’ collective governance of the church during the period of sedevacante.[91] Upon the acceptance by the new pope of his election, all other cardinals in attendance would each pull a cord and lower the canopies above their respective thrones signifying an end to the period of collective governance and only the newly elected pope’s canopy remained unlowered.[91] The last time canopied thrones were used was during the 1963 conclave.[92] Beginning with the 1978 August conclave canopied thrones were no longer used due to the lack of space resulting from the large increase in the number of cardinal electors.

At the end of the conclave, the new pope if he so chose, would give his cardinalitial zucchetto or skull cap to the secretary of the conclave, indicating the secretary would be made cardinal at the next consistory to create cardinals. Prior to the 2013 conclave, this tradition was last followed at the 1958 conclave by the newly elected Pope John XXIII, who bestowed his cardinal’s skull cap on Alberto di Jorio and created him a cardinal at the consistory on December of that year. In 2013 the Portuguese section of Vatican Radio reported that at the conclusion of the 2013 conclave, the newly elected Pope Francis bestowed his cardinalitial zucchetto on Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri the secretary of that conclave[93] and on February 22, 2014 at Pope Francis’ first consistory, Baldisseri was formally made a cardinal with the title of Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Anselmo all’Aventino.[94]

Later, the new pope goes to the “Room of Tears”, a small red room next to the Sistine Chapel; the room has the nickname because of the strong emotions experienced by the new pope. The new pope dresses by himself, choosing a set of pontifical choir robes—consisting of a white cassock,rochet, and red mozzetta—from three sizes provided. He then wears a gold corded pectoral cross, a red and gold embroidered stole, and then dons the white papal zucchetto on his head. In 2013, Pope Francis dispensed with the red mozzetta, rochet, and gold pectoral cross, wearing only the white cassock and his own pectoral cross when he appeared on the central balcony. He also did not emerge wearing the stole, vesting in it only to impart the Apostolic Blessing and removing it shortly after.

Next, the Cardinal Protodeacon (the senior Cardinal Deacon) appears at the loggia of the Basilica to proclaim the new pope. He usually proceeds with the traditional Latin formula (assuming the new Pope was a cardinal):

During the announcement for Pope Benedict XVI’s election, the cardinal protodeacon Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez greeted the crowds first in several different languages “Dear brothers and sisters” before proceeding to the Latin announcement. This was not done when Pope Francis was elected.

It has happened in the past that the Cardinal Protodeacon has himself been the person elected pope. In such an event, the announcement is made by the next senior Deacon, who has thus succeeded as Protodeacon. The last time the cardinal protodeacon was elected was in 1513 when Giovanni de Medici was elected as Pope Leo X and the next senior cardinal deacon Alessandro Farnese (the future Pope Paul III) made the announcement. During the election of Pope Leo XIII in 1878 Protodeacon Prospero Caterini appeared and started to make the announcement but was physically incapable of completing it, so another made it for him.[a]

Following the announcement, the senior Cardinal Deacon retreats, and papal aides unfurl a large, maroon banner that out of practicality often bears the late pope’s arms in the centre, draping it onto the railing of the Basilica’s loggia. During Pope Francis’ announcement, there was no image of his predecessor’s arms (indicating that the previous pope was still alive), and during Pope Pius XI‘s first appearance following his election at the 1922 conclave, the banner showed the arms of Pope Pius IX instead of the arms of his immediate predecessor Pope Benedict XV.[95] The new pope then emerges onto the balcony to the adulation of the crowd, while a brass band in the forecourt below plays the Pontifical Anthem. He then imparts theUrbi et Orbi blessing. The Pope may on this occasion choose to give the shorter episcopal blessing as his first Apostolic Blessing instead of the traditional Urbi et Orbi blessing, this happened most recently with Pope Paul VI after his election at the 1963 conclave[96] Beginning with Pope John Paul II, the last three popes elected including Pope Francis, have chosen to address the crowds first before imparting the Urbi et Orbi blessing. Also, at Pope Francis’ first appearance, he led the faithful first in prayers for his predecessor and asked them for prayers for himself before imparting the Urbi et Orbi blessing.

Formerly, the pope would later be crowned by the triregnum or Triple Tiara at the Papal Coronation. All popes since John Paul I have refused an elaborate coronation, choosing instead to have a simpler papal inauguration ceremony.[97]

Historical voting patterns

The newly elected pope often contrasts dramatically with his predecessor, a tendency expressed by the Italian saying “After a fat pope, a lean pope”. Past cardinals have often voted for someone radically different from the pope who appointed them. The controversial one-time populist-turned-conservative, long-lived Pope Pius IX (1846–1878) was succeeded by the aristocratic and diplomatic Pope Leo XIII (1878–1903). He in turn was succeeded by the lower-class, bluntly outspoken Pope Pius X (1903–1914). Pius X’s rugged ultra-conservatism contrasted with the low-key moderatism of Pope Benedict XV (1914–1922), which again contrasted with the former librarian and mountain climber Pope Pius XI (1922–1939), who led Roman Catholicism with an authoritarianism more akin to Pius X, who also shared his temperament.

Pius XI was succeeded in 1939 by his Secretary of State, the aristocratic ultra-insider Curialist Pope Pius XII (1939–1958). Pius XII was seen as one of the great thinkers to assume the papacy in the 20th century and was also the ultimate insider; his grandfather, father, cousin and brother have been Vatican high-ranking officials. Pius was succeeded by the lower-class, elderly, popular, and informal Pope John XXIII (1958–1963). The contrast between the diffident, intellectual and distant Pius XII and the humble—in his own words “ordinary”—”Good Pope John” was dramatic, with none more surprised at the election than Pope John himself. He reportedly already had his return rail ticket in his pocket when he was elected.

John proved to be a radical break with the two previous popes, and indeed with most of the popes of the 20th century. After a short but dramatic pontificate during which he convoked the Second Vatican Council, John XXIII was replaced by the widely-expected Giovanni Batista Montini, who many believed would have been elected in 1958 had he been a cardinal then. Pope Paul VI (1963–1978) was a curialist like Pius XII, whom he had worked with in the curia during the 1930s and 1940s. Paul VI himself was briefly succeeded by non-curialist Pope John Paul I (1978), who in turn was succeeded by Karol Wojtyła as Pope John Paul II (1978–2005). Wojtyła, the first non-Italian since 1523, spoke many languages and was originally from the Eastern Bloc, an important consideration given contemporary Cold War politics and the Church’s repression there. After a relatively long reign, he was succeeded in 2005 by the German Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Cardinal Dean, Joseph Ratzinger, as Pope Benedict XVI. A more reserved and conservative pontiff than his predecessor, he reigned until his resignation in 2013, when he was succeeded by the simpler and less formal Argentinian Cardinal Archbishop of Buenos Aires Jorge Bergoglio as Pope Francis.[98]

Pagan Jesus

MAN’S DESIRE TO IDOL WORSHIP HAS A PATTERN —

KRISHNA   Birth July 19, 3228 BCE

Just like Jesus – Krishna was born of a virgin (Devaki)

Just like Jesus – Krishna was born December 25

Just like Jesus – Krishna father was a carpenter

Just like Jesus – Krishna birth was foreshadowed by a star in the east.

Just like Jesus – Krishna at birth was attended by angels and shepherds who gave gifts of spices

Just like Jesus – Krishna the angels danced and sang at his birth

Just like Jesus – Krishna Declared divine at birth

Just like Jesus – Krishna Forerunner person preceded

Just like Jesus – Krishna Born in distant city from their home

Just like Jesus – Krishna was persecuted by a tyrant who ordered thousands of male babies killed.

Just like Jesus – Krishna healed a woman who anointed him with oil on the head.

Just like Jesus – Krishna healed the lepers, the deaf, and the blind

Just like Jesus – Krishna rose people from the dead and restored these people to life

Just like Jesus – Krishna had a beloved disciple named Ar-jouan (John)

Just like Jesus – Krishna taught in parables about charity and love

Just like Jesus – Krishna lived poor and loved the poor

Just like Jesus – Krishna was transfigured in front of his disciples

Just like Jesus – Krishna Washed the feet of his disciples

Just like Jesus – Krishna gave his disciples the ability to work miracles

Just like Jesus – Krishna when he walked people would stew his path with branches

Just like Jesus – Krishna died on a tree crucified between two thieves (some traditions)

Just like Jesus – Krishna died around the age of 30

Just like Jesus – Krishna Was pierced and crucified

Just like Jesus – Krishna Deaths resulted in a Sun darkening at noon.

Just like Jesus – Krishna “resurrected” from the dead

Just like Jesus – Krishna Descended to hell

Just like Jesus – Krishna ascended to heaven “in the sight of all men”

Just like Jesus – Krishna depicted on a cross with nail holes in his feet and a heart emblem on his clothes

Just like Jesus – Krishna is the “lion” (tribe of Saki)

Just like Jesus – Krishna relieved others of their sins

Just like Jesus – Krishna was called “the Shepherd God”, “Redeemer”, “the First Born”, “Sin bearer”, “Liberator”, “universal Word.”

Just like Jesus – Krishna was deemed “Son of God”, “Our Lord and Savior”,

Just like Jesus – Krishna came earth to die for the salvation of man.

Just like Jesus – Krishna disciples gave him the title of “Jezeus” or “Jeseus” which means pure essence

Just like Jesus – Krishna Sentenced to death by king fearful of his throne

Just like Jesus – Krishna Part of a trinity, the second person

Just like Jesus – Krishna claim they are the creator “God incarnate” (God in the flesh)

Just like Jesus – Krishna will return at the end of days.

Just like Jesus – Krishna will judge the dead

HORUS   3200 BCE

Just like Jesus – Horus baptized by Anep, Jesus baptized by John.

Just like Jesus – Horus born in Annu, meaning place of bread. Jesus was born in Bethlehem, meaning house of bread.

Just like Jesus – Horus the good shepherd w/ crook on shoulder

Just like Jesus – 7 aboard the boat with Horus, 7 on boat with Jesus

Just like Jesus – Horus as the lamb

Just like Jesus – Horus the lion, Jesus as the lion

Just like Jesus – Horus identified with tat or cross, Jesus identified with cross

Just like Jesus – Horus at 12 years of age showed his special intellect, Jesus also at 12 years

Just like Jesus – Horus at 30 years was baptized

Just like Jesus – Horus the Krst, Jesus the Christ

Just like Jesus – Horus son of God, Jesus son of God

Just like Jesus – Two mothers of Horus were sisters, two mothers in Jesus story sisters

Just like Jesus – Horus adversary Seth, Jesus adversary Satan

Just like Jesus – Horus the sower, Seth the destroyer in harvest field, Jesus the sower of the good seed, Satan the sower of tares

Just like Jesus – Horus and Seth contending on the mount, same with Jesus & Satan

Just like Jesus – Star announced birth of Horus

Just like Jesus – Horus afflicted one, same with Jesus Horus as type of life eternal

Just like Jesus – Horus comes to fulfil the law, same with Jesus Horus came by water, blood, spirit

Just like Jesus – Horus of two horizons, Jesus of two lands

Just like Jesus – Horus walking on water

Just like Jesus – Children around Horus

Just like Jesus – Horus entering in mount to have conversation with his father

Just like Jesus – Horus transfigured on the mount

Just like Jesus – Seven loafs of Horus feeding multitude reclining in fields of Annu

Just like Jesus – 12 followers of Horus called Har-Khutti (disciples)

Just like Jesus – Secret mysteries make known by Taht-Aan, secrets made known by John

Just like Jesus – Anup and Aan as witnesses for Horus, two Johns witness for Jesus

Just like Jesus – Horus the morning star, Jesus the morning star

Just like Jesus – Horus gives morning start to followers

ISIS   2465–2323 BCE

• Goddess Isis and (Osiris’ son) Aion had a child.

Just like Jesus – the child’s birthday was celebrated on December Twenty-Fifth.

Isis, a God woman, is seen of Egyptian wall paintings back in 1360 B.C.  This goddess was popular because

Just like Jesus – she could be appealed to for personal salvation.

Just like Jesus – People would confess their sins and forgiveness was given through immersion in water.  Personal salvation is stressed through repentance accomplished through a priest who preaches monogamy and family unity.

Isis united with Aion and had a son named Horus whose birthday is January 6, the day the Greek orthodox Christians celebrate their Christmas on.  Europe celebrates January 6 as the “Three Kings Day” where everyone exchanges presents on that day instead on Christmas day.

Just like Jesus – The Madonna & child paintings of Mary and baby Jesus are almost identical to Isis & baby Horus.

BAAL   around 2300 BCE

Just like Jesus – BAAL was killed by Mot, he resurrected and came back to life.

HERCULES / HERACLES   around 1300–1280 BCE

Just like Jesus – born December 25

Just like Jesus – born of a virgin (Alcmene (means moon woman))

Just like Jesus – his father refrained from sexual relations until God impregnated the virgin mother.

Just like Jesus – He was known as the “only Begotten”, the “Universal Word”

Just like Jesus – He had 12 labors which demonstrated him as the Savior

Just like Jesus – called the “Prince of peace”

Just like Jesus – called the “Sun of righteousness”, ‘light of the world”

Just like Jesus – killed, then resurrected as his own divine father

Just like Jesus – ascended to Heaven

ATTIS   around 1250 BCE

He was afflicted when God infected him with madness.  He killed himself by castration, then came back to life and danced around.

Just like Jesus – The birthday of Attis is December 25.

Just like Jesus – born of a virgin (Cybele)

Just like Jesus – was considered the “Savior”

Just like Jesus – was slain for the salvation of mankind

Just like Jesus – his body represented by bread is eaten by his worshipers

Just like Jesus – the priests become “eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven”

Just like Jesus – he is both the divine Son and the divine Father

Just like Jesus – he was crucified on a tree on “black Friday”

Just like Jesus – his holy blood ran down to the ground and redeemed the earth

Just like Jesus – he descended to the underworld (Hell)

Just like Jesus –3 days after his death he resurrected on March 25.  The first day after his death is a day of mourning.  The second day is a day of fasting and physical suffering and deprivation similar to the Christian Lent and Christian Passion Week.

Just like Jesus – after his resurrection he was considered “God most high”

Just like Jesus – A cult was formed around his virgin mother

ZOROASTER/Zarathustra   between 1400 and 1000 BCE also 7th and 6th centuries BCE

Just like Jesus – his mother had an “immaculate conception” by a ray of divine reason

Just like Jesus – he was born of a virgin

Just like Jesus – was baptized in a river

Just like Jesus – he was baptized also with the “holy” wind and fire

Just like Jesus – in his youth astounded wise men with his incredible wisdom

Just like Jesus – he was tempted in the wilderness by the devil

Just like Jesus – he began his ministry at the age of 30

Just like Jesus – he cast out demons

Just like Jesus – he restored sight to the blind

Just like Jesus – he taught about heaven and hell

Just like Jesus – revealed mysteries of the resurrection

Just like Jesus – revealed mysteries of judgment and salvation

Just like Jesus – taught of an apocalypse

Just like Jesus – he had a sacred cup or grail

Just like Jesus – he was slain

Just like Jesus – his religion had a Eucharist

Just like Jesus – he was “the Word made flesh”

Just like Jesus – his followers expect a second coming, to occur in the year 2341.  This will usher in a “golden age”

ADONIS   around the 6th century BCE

– was gored to death by a boar sent by God.

Just like Jesus – he was raised from the dead on the third day.

Just like Jesus – also born of a virgin mother named Myrrh.

PROMETHEUS - 5th Century BCE

Events occurred in the Caucasus Mountains.

Just like Jesus – He descended from Heaven as “God incarnate” to save mankind.

Just like Jesus – He had a especially close friend named Petraeus (Peter) who was a fisherman and later deserted him.

Just like Jesus – he suffered and was crucified.

Just like Jesus – he rose from the dead

Just like Jesus – he is called Logos or “the Word.”

BUDDAH   between 480 BCE and 400 BCE

Just like Jesus – Buddha Baptized in presence of God’s “spirit.”

Just like Jesus – Buddha astounded the elders at the temple at the age of 12 with their infinite wisdom

Just like Jesus – Buddha Was tempted by the devil.

Just like Jesus – Buddha Followers required a sign

Just like Jesus – Buddha Tried to establish the kingdom of heaven here on earth

Just like Jesus – Buddha Made statements of wisdom similar to those made by Jesus

Just like Jesus – Buddha Healed a blind man

Just like Jesus – Buddha A constant preacher with an inner group and an outer group of followers

Just like Jesus – Buddha Wanted followers to renounce all worldly possessions

Just like Jesus – Buddha Had a disciple that walked on water Just like Jesus – Buddha After death there was a supernatural event

Just like Jesus – Buddha Disciples were miracle workers

Just like Jesus – Buddha Born of a virgin

Just like Jesus – Buddha Declared divine at birth Just like Jesus – Buddha Stars in the sky announced their birth

Just like Jesus – Buddha When born angels sang in heaven

Just like Jesus – Buddha had miracle workers

Just like Jesus – Buddha transfigured before witnesses

Just like Jesus – Buddha Part of a trinity

Just like Jesus – Buddha Relieved others of their sins

Just like Jesus – Others claim Buddha was the creator

Just like Jesus – Buddha Will judge the dead Just like Jesus – Buddha Had similar divine titles.

OSIRIS-DIONYSUS –   circa 3rd century BCE to 2nd century CE

Dates back to 1250 B.C. and is seen on wall painting in Egypt.  In the 5th century Osiris and Dionysus had merged into the god Dionysus.  When Jesus came along Dionysus had been worshiped for centuries.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus was a savior of mankind, a “god” made into man, the “son of God” equal with the “Father.”

Just like Jesus – Dionysus claimed his father was God.

Just like Jesus – the mother of Dionysus was a mortal virgin, called Semele.  Semele wanted to see Zeus, King of gods, in all his glory and was impregnated by one of his lightning bolts.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus’ mother didn’t die but ascended to heaven and became an honored divine being.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus was born on December 25, and to some January 6.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus was born in a humble environment in nature.

Just like Jesus – the Magi (visited Jesus) were followers of Dionysus.

Just like Jesus – The Pagans way of worshiping God was to give gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh (6th cent BCE).

Just like Jesus – a prophesied star represented the birth of Dionysus.  The alleged grove where Jesus was born was an area sacred to Osiris-Dionysus.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus initiates can be “born again” through baptism with water (into the mysteries) for centuries BCE.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus turned water into wine at a marriage ceremony.  Coincidentally it was the same known date when Jesus did his same miracle.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus’ disciples did not recognize him as a God, but then he transfigured before them.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus had twelve disciples.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus was portrayed as a quiet man with long hair and a beard.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus healed the sick.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus exorcised demons.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus provided spectacular miraculous meals.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus helped fishermen make miraculous catches of fish.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus was .not honored in his home town but was a wanderer.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus accused of licentious behavior.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus accused of heresy, stands up to hypocrites and to tyranny.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus accused of bringing a new religion.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus was betrayed for 30 pieces of silver (same as the motif of the Socrates story).

Just like Jesus – Dionysus is equated to bread and wine (body and blood of Jesus)

Just like Jesus – Dionysus the bread and wine are taken to communicate with him.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus rode into town on a donkey and people waved palm leaves at him.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus was hung on a tree and crucified.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus was hung on a tree at Easter time as a sacrifice to atone for the sins of the world.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus died and was resurrected on exactly the same dates.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus was wrapped in linen and was anointed with myrrh.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus descended to hell after his death, then three days later rose from the dead.  He then ascended to heaven.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus was enthroned in heaven by God.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus was visited by three women at his tomb

Just like Jesus – Dionysus’ followers await his reappearance and his divine judgment in the last days.

Just like Jesus – Dionysus’ death and resurrection is celebrated by a meal of bread and wine signifying his body and blood.

MITHRAS   1st Century - 4th Century CE

The most popular and widely spread religion of the ancient world.  – He was worshiped in Persia 1400 B.C. E.  It dates back to before the Iranian race split into two tribes; Persian and Indian. This cult was widely known to be in Asia Minor around the first century C.E.  Mithra religion spread rapidly among the Romans and was protected by the Emperors.  This cult Mithraism was a major competitor to Christianity until around the year 300 C.E. when Constantine created the Christian religion which squashed any competing religion. The papacy of Mithra became the Vatican papacy with the identical hierarchy structure.  The Catholic Encyclopedia states that the priests were called fathers, and the chief father pope was called “pater patratus.”  The Mithratic pope was known as “Pontimus Maximus”, or simply Papa.

Paul said, “They drank from that spiritual rock and that rock was Christ.” 1 cor 10:4.  These are the identical words found in the Mithra scriptures with the word Mithra instead of Christ.  The home of Paul was the site of Mithratic worship.  Vatican hill was sacred to the Mithra priests.  Mithraic remains have been found there.  The merging of Mithaic worship to Christ worship was without interruption.  The Vatican cave belonged to Mithra until 376 C.E. when it was seized by the Vatican in the name of Christ (on December 25).  All of the Vatican rituals of the headresses, altar, host, liturgical formula is all taken from the Mithra mystery rituals.

Just like Jesus – Born December 25, originally recognized to be the winter solstice.

Just like Jesus – Born of a virgin.

Just like Jesus – Born in a cave with shepherds giving gifts.

Just like Jesus – Mithras was born on the darkest day of the year, and they were considered the “light” to the world.

Just like Jesus – Had 12 companions.

Just like Jesus – Promised immortality.

Just like Jesus – Sacrificed himself for world peace (the great bull of the Sun).

Just like Jesus – Rose again 3 days after being buried in a tomb.

Just like Jesus – He is called “the way”, “the truth”, “the light.”

Just like Jesus – He is called “Redeemer”, “Savior”, “Messiah.”

Just like Jesus – His sacred day of the week was Sunday and it was called “the Lord’s day.”

Just like Jesus – He had a Eucharist which was eaten at the Lord’s Supper. (“He who shall not eat of my body and drink of my blood so that he may be one with me and I with him, shall not be saved.)

Just like Jesus – His resurrection is celebrated every year. His principal day for his festival became what today is called Easter.

Just like Jesus – His annual sacrifice is the “Passover of the Magi.”  It is a symbolic atonement for spiritual regeneration.

Just like Jesus – Mithras was regarded as a mediator between God and humans.  The name of the Persian high god that Mithras mediated between was Ajura-Mazda.

Just like Jesus – Mithras aided the souls of humans to heaven.

Just like Jesus – Mithras performed miracles.

Just like Jesus – Mithras killed a “holy bull” and by eating this bull’s body and blood it provides life.  The meal eaten was exactly like the Christian host wafer that is given in communion.

Just like Jesus – Mithras held a “last supper” with his disciples before he returned to Heaven. Just like Jesus – Mithras initiates had to be purified by a baptism.

Just like Jesus – Mithras will have a victory over evil and will sit in judgment of humans. Just like Jesus – Mithras will lead the “saved ones” over a river of fire to become immortal.

QUETZALCOATL   first century BC or first century AD   Toltec (800s–1100s AD) and Aztec (1300s–1500s AD) civilizations.

This God is from Mexico.  The religion had monasteries and nunneries that called their high priests Papes.  Cortes saw the ceremonies were virtually the same as the Catholic’s that he stated, “The Devil had positively taught to the Mexicans the same things that God has taught to Christendom.”  This Devil view of Quetzalcoatl compelled the Spanish to destroy as much of the artifacts as possible.  Few remain today.

Just like Jesus – was called Savior

Just like Jesus – was born of a pure virgin (Sochiquetzal)

Just like Jesus – messenger announced to his mother her son with be without connection with man

Just like Jesus – his mother was portrayed as “Queen of Heaven” (hieroglyph)

Just like Jesus – was designated “the morning star”

Just like Jesus – was tempted and fasted for 40 days

Just like Jesus – shown bending under the weight of a cross

Just like Jesus – called Redeemer who died for the people’s sins

The Crucifixion

Cruci-Fiction

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Pilate starts Crucifixion 

14 Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover (Friday). It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!”   John 19:14

16 Then Pilate handed him over to be crucified, and they took Jesus away.    John 19:16

Jesus was crowned with thorns, Jesus walked a long way to skull hill carrying his cross, the Roman soldiers nailed him to the cross, cross was raised, Jesus was on the cross for three?? hours .... and he died before sunset.

34 At three o’clock, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”)    Mark 15:34

46 About three o’clock, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eli, eli, lema sabachthani?”, which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”     Matt 27:46

Jesus was God ... he should have known why he forsakened himself !!!

Jesus died before sunset Friday afternoon (before start of Sabbath)

31 Since it was the Preparation Day, the Jewish leaders did not want to leave the bodies on the crosses during the Sabbath, because that was a particularly important Sabbath.  John 19:31

Wait ... Didn't Jesus Eat the Passover Meal with his Disciples on Passover Day???

12 On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?”   Mark 14:12

17 On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?”     Matt 26:17

7 Then the day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed. 8 So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover meal.”     Luke 22:7-8

19 The disciples did as Jesus had told them and prepared the Passover meal. 20 When it was evening, Jesus and the twelve disciples sat down to eat. 21 During the meal Jesus said, “I tell you, one of you will betray me.”      Matt 26:19-21

What??? The Clock Rolls Back to get the Crucifixion Events In ???

God's word says Jesus was crucified Friday mid-morning (9 AM);

25 And it was the third hour when they crucified him.      Mark 15:25

Jesus was crowned with thorns, Jesus walked a long way to skull hill carrying his cross, the Roman soldiers nailed him to the cross, cross was raised ... all this before 9 AM

Evidently Jesus hung on the cross from the third hour (9 AM) to 12 noon (three hours) then the darkness started and lasted another 3 hours to the 9th hour or 3 PM when he "gave up his spirit" (to himself-god).

And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.    Matt 27:50

Jesus-god-in-the-flesh Can’t Count

In Matthew Chapter 12 the Pharisees asked Jesus for a sign. He answered that like Jonah being in the stomach of a whale, so shall he be in the earth three days and three nights.

As for Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so shall the son of man (Didn't God write that Jesus was the Son of God) be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.     Matthew 12:30-4

Dankness fell from sixth hour to the ninth hour.  Jesus died around the 9th hour or 3PM.

45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.    Matt 27:45

44 It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour,    Luke 23:44

33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.     Mark 15:33

Dead Jesus was taken off the cross Friday afternoon before sunset.

After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.       Matthew 28:1

Mary Magdalene and the other Mary(???) rested on the Sabbath as seen above in Matthew 28:1

Jesus was allegedly resurrected Sunday morning at dawn.

After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. Matthew 28:1

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. John 20:1

   Conclusion = NOT "three" days ...  and NOT "three" nights.

John says; Not even Two full days and not even Two complete nights!!!

Early on the first day of the week [Sunday], while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. John 20:1.

Matthew, Mark, & Luke say not even two full days; dawn after the Sabbath

After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.   Matthew 28:1

2 Very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had just come up, they were going to the tomb.     Mark 16:2

24 But at early dawn on the first day of the week, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.     Luke 24:1

With Jesus eating the Passover meal with his disciples at the start of the Sabbath ... this whole story gets to the level of a miracle to believe it ....

HOW​?

Christians state the the PROOF of Jesus being the “son of god”, a deity, is the story about his resurrection from the dead.  The Christian credibility and veracity is based on the facts of the story of Jesus having “risen.”  In their New Testament, which they claim is the  “Word of God”, they even refer to the resurrection in a verse saying,

“For as yet they did not know the Scripture that he [Jesus] must again rise from the dead,”  John 20:9.

However there is NO such Scripture in the Torah (the Old Testament), the Books of the Prophets, or anything anywhere else even closely resembling that statement.  But it sure sounds good to people who blindly believe.

Was Jesus taken to Caiaphas or Annas first?

Caiaphas

And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.       Matthew 26:57

And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.      Mark 14:53

Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house.       Luke 22:54

Annas

And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.       John 18:13

When did Jesus receive his beating?

Before Pilate ordered his crucifixion.

And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
...
Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.     John 19:2-3, 16

After Pilate ordered his crucifixion.

Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.      Matthew 27:26

And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.      Mark 15:15

1  The “Word of God” is uncertain as to which day Jesus was crucified on.

A  Day Before Passover

On the day before Passover, the fourteenth day of Nissan.  John 13:1, 13:29, 18:28, 19:14

B  First Day of Passover

On the first day of Passover, the fifteenth day of Nissan  Mark 14:17-25, Luke 22:14-23, Matthew 26:20-30

2  The “Word of Go​d” is uncertain as to what time Jesus was crucified.

A  The Third hour, 9 AM

 It was nine in the morning when they crucified him.     Mark 15:25  NIV

B  The Sixth hour, 12 PM Noon

And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour; and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your king. . . . Shall I crucify your king?     John 19:14, 15

C.  The Nineth hour, 3 PM

34 And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).     Mark 15:33

The “Word of God” is uncertain as to who carried the cross to Golgatha prior to the crucifixion.

A  Jesus himself

Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha).   John 19:17

B  Simon, a Cyrenian

A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus,was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross.    Mark 15:21

 As they were going out, they met a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross.    Matthew 27:32

As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.     Luke 23:26

4  The “Word of God” is uncertain as to whether the two crucified with Jesus believed in Jesus.

A  One did.

And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him. . . . But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost thou not fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?    Luke 23:39-41

B  Neither believed in him.

In the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.  Matthew 27:44

5  The “Word of God” is uncertain as to what were the last words of Jesus.

A  “It is finished”

When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.     John 19:30

B  “Eloi, Eloi, lama shabachthani

   (translated is “My God, My God, why have You forsaken me?”)

And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”)     Mark 15:34

About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli,[a]lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).     Matthew 27:46

C  “Father, into Your hands I commit my spirit.”

 Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”[a] When he had said this, he breathed his last.     Luke 23:46

Blood and Water from a Dead Body???

But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.     John 19:34

and, as another scripture says, "They will look on the one they have pierced."      John 19:37

Not Possible!!!

ICC New Testament Commentary says that a flow of blood from a dead body, when pierced with a spear, is abnormal and for that reason, various physical explanations have been offered. One suggestion (W. Stroud) is that the death of Jesus had been caused by rupture of the heart, and that the “blood and water” were the separated clot and serum of the escaped blood in the pericardial sac, which the lance had pierced. The commentary says this assumes that the wound was on the left side, of which there is no evidence, tradition (whatever it be worth) indicating the right side. Furthermore, Stroud’s arguments have not approved themselves to all physicians. Dr. C. Creighton (and others) object that “the blood escaping into a serum cavity from rupture of a great organ” does not show any tendency to separate into clot and serum, “but remains thick dark-red blood.” On the basis of expert advice, this does not seem a plausible explanation for what John describes.

It was Only Symbolic???

Michael R. Cosby (Portraits of Jesus, page 185) says that the attempts by some modern doctors to provide physiological explanations for how water could be separated from the blood in Jesus' heart are no doubt sincere, but they fail to recognize the symbolic nature of the witness in John 19:34-37.

Another "Gnostic" Explanation

Elizabeth Danna (From Gethsemane to Pentecost, page 95) believes that this account was included by John's author to counter an emerging Gnostic tradition that Jesus was not crucified in the flesh, it being only a phantom of Jesus that appeared to be on the cross. An alternative theological explanation is also provided in this answer.

What Did the Sign that was put on the Cross Say?

THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS

And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.       Matthew 27:37

THE KING OF THE JEWS

And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.       Mark 15:26

THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS

And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.       Luke 23:38

JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS

And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.            John 19:19

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? ... Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. Matthew 27:46-50

Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.

And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. Luke 23:46

It is finished.

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. John 19:30

What did the Soldiers give Jesus to Drink?

Vinegar and gall

They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall.    Matthew 27:34

Wine and myrrh

They gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh.    Mark 15:23

Vinegar

And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.     Mark 15:36

And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar.     Luke 23:36

Vinegar and hyssop

Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.     John 19:29

Who Carried  Jesus' Cross?

Jesus carried his own cross.

And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull.    John 19:17

Simon the Cyrenian carried Jesus's cross.

And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.    Matthew 27:32

And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.     Mark 15:21

And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.     Luke 23:26

Did Both Thieves Revile Jesus? 

Both thieves reviled Jesus.

And they that were crucified with him reviled him.     Mark 15:32

The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.      Matthew 27:44

Only one thief reviled Jesus.

And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.       Luke 23:39-42

What Color was Jesus' Robe

Scarlet

And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.     Matthew 27:28

Purple

And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head.      Mark 15:17

And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe.     John 19:2

Who Put the Robe on Jesus

Herod's soldiers

And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. Luke 23:11

Pilate's soldiers

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.       Matthew 27:27-28

And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. And they clothed him with purple.        Mark 15:15-17

Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe.        John 19:1-2

What did the Centurion call Jesus when he died?

The Son of God.

And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.      Mark 15:39

Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.     Matthew 27:54

A righteous man.

Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.      Luke 23:47

 Where did the women watching the crucifixion stand?

They stood far away.

And many women were there beholding afar off.     Matthew 27:55

There were also women looking on afar off.      Mark 15:40

And the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.      Luke 23:49

They stood near the cross.

Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.      John 19:25

Who Buried Jesus? 

Joseph of Arimathaea

When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.     Matthew 27:57-60

Joseph of Arimathaea ... took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre.      Mark 15:43-46

Joseph ... of Arimathaea ... took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre.      Luke 23:50-53

Joseph of Arimathaea and Nicodemus

Joseph of Arimathaea ... took the body of Jesus. And there came also Nicodemus.... Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus....      John 19:38-42

The Jews and their rulers

For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.       Acts 13:27-29

When did the Temple curtain tear?

Before Jesus died.

And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.     Luke 23:45-46

After Jesus died.

Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent.      Matthew 27:50-51

And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.       Mark 15:37-38

 Did Jesus drink on the cross?

Yes

Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.       John 19:29-30

No

And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.      Mark 15:23

They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.      Matthew 27:34

Western Calendar Names are Prior Gods

Days of the Week

• While much Western culture has been Christianized, the days and months of the Gregorian calendar remain named after ancient Pagan gods and goddesses. Each month in the Astrotheology Calendar will have a short introduction of the history of its name, while the history of names for the days of the week is as follows: 

   

• The first day of the week, Sunday, was obviously named after the day star, the sun. •

   

• The next day, Monday, was named for the moon, originally being “Moonday.” •

   

• The third day of the week, Tuesday, is styled after the Teutonic/Germanic war god Tiu or Tiw, who in the Roman mythology is the god Mars, as in the French “Mardi.” •

   

• Wednesday was named after the Teutonic/Germanic storm god Odin or Woden, hence “Wodensday.” •

   

• Thursday takes its name from the Norse thunder god Thor. •

   

• Friday likewise is named after a Scandinavian deity, the goddess of love Freya, whose equivalent in Rome was Venus. Hence, in French the day is “Vendredi.”

   

• Saturday is styled after the Roman harvest god, Saturn.

• Months of the Year

• January

• January was named from the Roman double-faced god Janus, who was the keeper of doors, also representing sunrise and sunset, and facing backwards and forwards. Notable days in January include the first, which is New Year’s Day in many locales, as well as the “Solemnity of the Mother of God” and a traditional date for Jesus’s circumcision, Catholic commemorations deliberately placed on this day in order to Christianize widespread Pagan celebrations. The birthday of Dionysus can be listed on both the 5th and 6th of January, while the god Aion who is born on January 6th is called by Joseph Campbell a “syncretistic personification of Osiris.”[18] Dionysus was likewise identified with both Aion and Osiris in ancient times. In antiquity too, Jesus Christ’s nativity was also placed on the 6th or 7th of January, when it remains celebrated in some factions of the Orthodox Church, such as in Armenia, as well as the Coptic Church. Concerning these dates, Christian theologian Dr. Hugo Rahner remarks: As to the dates, Norden has shown that the change from January 6 to December 25 can be explained as the result of the reform introduced by the more accurate Julian calendar into the ancient Egyptian calculation which had fixed January 6 as the date of the winter solstice.[19] It thus appears that in ancient times these dates of January 5, 6 and 7 represented the winter solstice, which is fitting for sun gods. Indeed, Macrobius later places Dionysus’s birth on December 25th, again appropriate for a sun god.[20] January 6th is also the Catholic celebration of the “Three Kings,” who purportedly attended Christ’s birthday but who are in actuality mythical and astrotheological figures.[21] As another notable day showing Christianization of Pagan holidays, St. Agnes/Ines was supposedly a Christian martyr beheaded on January 21st. However, in consideration of the fact that the same day was sacred to an ancient Danish goddess by the name of Yngona prior to the advent of Christianity,[22] it is likely that this Catholic tale was fabricated in order to usurp the Pagan holiday. The Christian “St. Vincent,” whose Feast Day is celebrated on January 22nd, is claimed to be a remake of the Greek god Apollo, another solar deity.

• February

• February was named after the Roman goddess of purity, Juno Februa or Februata, from the verb februare, meaning “to purify.” The word “Februa” seems to have some relationship with the Gaelic “Feabhra,” which in turn was said to be derived from “Fhéile Bríde,” the first day of Spring. The month starts off with a feast day important to Celts which was preempted by the Catholic Church: That of the goddess Brighid, Brigid, Brigit or Bride, who was turned into “St. Brigid.” The month is also notable for February 2nd representing “Peak Winter,” one of the cross-quarter days called “Imbolc,” “Lughnasad” and “Candlemas,” among other titles. In its attempt to supplant this widespread Pagan festival, the Church placed the Purification of Mary and the Presentation of Christ in the Temple on this day, the Purification of Mary in the month named after the purification of the goddess Juno constituting an obvious appropriation. Candlemas is followed on February 3rd by the feast day of St. Blaise, whose name led him to become associated with lighting fires. Blaise’s story is full of fantastic tales, and it is possible that there was no historical figure under all the myths but that he was himself a Catholic rehash of an earlier Pagan deity. February 10th is supposedly the day of Anahita/Anaitis, the Persian love/moon goddess. It has also been the time of the Gamelia, when the Greek goddess and god Hera and Zeus’s marriage was celebrated, a popular fest that may have been deliberately overshadowed by the Catholic Church’s placement on that date of the commemoration of St. Paul’s purported shipwreck. The inclusion of the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes on February 11th is because Lourdes was traditionally a place of the Greek goddess Persephone, one of the many faces of the Divine Feminine that the Virgin Mary supplanted. The date of February 14th as a day of love was copied from the Roman celebration of Lupercalia by the Catholic Church, who put in its stead the feast day of “St. Valentine,” a name for several early Christians, including one who is purported to have led armed mobs in Rumania and Hungary to slaughter and rape Pagans. St. Lucia’s Day on February 22nd is said to be a Christianization of the Roman holiday for the ancient Italian goddess of light, Lucia.

• March

• March was named after the Roman god of war, Mars, also known as Ares in Greek mythology and Tiu/Tiw in Teutonic or Germanic mythology. Along with the notorious Bacchanalia of the Greek god Dionysus on March 16th, March is known for its abundant observations of the vernal equinox, which is celebrated in various cultures on March 20th, 21st or 22nd. This latter day was known in ancient times for its important festival of the goddess Cybele—the Great Mother—which began on March 22nd and ended on the 27th. As stated by Rev. Alexander Roberts in The Ante-Nicene Fathers (VI, 496): The festival of Cybele, the “Mother of the Gods,” began on the 22d of March, when a pine tree was introduced into the mysteries, and continued, until the 27th, which was marked by a general purification (lavatio), as Salmasius observed from a calendar of Constantine the Great. [An equinoctial feast, which the Church deposed by the Paschal observances. March 22 is the prima sedes Paschae.][23] Regarding the Cybele equinox festival, Dr. Marvin W. Meyer remarks: The most well-known Roman festival in honor of the Anatolian deities [Cybele and Attis] was celebrated in the spring, during March. Presumably this festival began to take shape during the first century C.E. Much of the evidence for specific components of the festival, however, dates from later centuries, so that the following schedule of events most accurately describes the festival as it was celebrated in the third or fourth century C.E. On March 15 the ceremonies opened, with the reed-bearers (cannonphori) carrying their reeds into the sanctuary. The cut reeds may have been a symbolic representation of a feature of the story of Kybele and Attis: either the abandonment of baby Attis by the side of a river or his self-castration later in his life. The next several days of the spring festival were spent in fasting from bread, wine, and other food, as well as abstaining from sexual intercourse. Then, on March 22 the tree-bearers (dendrophori) carried into the sanctuary a pine tree that was freshly cut and decorated with ornaments such as purple flowers or ribbons and an image of Attis. On that day and the day following, the worshipers mourned over the tree, for it commemorated the death of Attis. According to the sacred myth, Attis castrated himself and died under a pine tree and even could be identified with the tree. As the pine tree was cut down in death, so also was youthful Attis cut down. March 24 was aptly named the Day of Blood (Dies sanguinis). On this day some of the fanatical celebrants flogged themselves until they bled and sprinkled their blood upon the image and the altars in the sanctuary, while others are said to have imitated Attis by castrating themselves. Such painful and dramatic acts allowed the worshipers to identify with the passion and death of Attis. The Hilaria on March 25 brought renewed joy and hope. There was feasting in honor of the Great Mother and good cheer. At least in some fourth-century celebrations of the Hilaria, there also may have been affirmations of the resurrection of Attis. (CP. the hints in Arnobius, The Case Against the Pagans, 5.7, and the denial of Attis’s actual return to life. In Firmicus Maternus, The Error of the Pagan Religions, 3.1ff., explicit mention is made of the resurrection of Attis.) The spring festival came to a close with a muchneeded day of rest (March 26) and a final day (March 27) on which the holy image of the Great Mother was bathed in the Almo River.[24] As we can see, there are several important correlations here with the Christ myth. In City of God (28.54), Augustine stated that Christ died on March 25th. [25] The Christian Creation Day on March 25th was recorded in De Pascha Computus,[26] evidently also reflecting Christ’s conception, which was likewise placed on the 25th, exactly nine months before “Christmas.” As noted, Jesus’s resurrection was likewise placed on the 25th of March, while the Romans had previously celebrated the “Hilaria” on that date, representing the resurrection of life from the death of winter. It is obvious that the Christian celebrations on this date constituted an imitation of Pagan vernal equinox festivals. March 27th was an auspicious day, as it was traditionally the end of the March Roman Cybele festival, the day of the “lavatio” or washing of Cybele in the Almo River. When the calendar was Christianized in the 5th century, Christ’s Resurrection was placed on March 27th for the specific reason of usurping the lavatio.[27]

• April

• April is named from the Roman month Aprilis, “perhaps derived from aperire or Latin for ‘to open.’” One tradition holds that the month was named for Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. Another important Roman festival of the Great Mother/Magna Mater, called the Megalesia, commenced on April 4th, which this year happens to coincide with Easter, the Christian celebration of the resurrection of life that supplants the Pagan vernal equinox celebrations. On April 5th, the day of the Roman festival of the goddess Fortuna as well as Easter Monday this year, occurs the very ancient Egyptian spring festival of Shamo, which dates back some 4,500 years. Based on Eastern European traditions combining the two, St. George’s Day on April 23rd was likely contrived to co-opt the Roman festival of Parilia, which occurs two days earlier.[28] The Catholic feast may have been placed on the 23rd to supplant the Roman feast of Venus as well, essentially killing two birds with one stone. As is common with saints and prophets, St. George appears to be an amalgam of both mythical and historical figures. St. James the Great’s Feast Day has been placed on April 30th in the Eastern Orthodox Church and July 25th in the Western. In consideration of the repeated takeover of Pagan holidays by the Church, it is likely that the placement of this feast day on April 30th was in order to “overwrite” the “Peak Spring” celebration of Beltane/Walpurgis. Beltane was named for the Celtic god of light, Bel or Beli, also known as Belinus in the Roman, who appears to be related to the Phoenician sun god Baal. The Catholic commemoration of St. James may also have been designed to replace the Artemisian festival of Brauronia, explaining the date’s significance in the Eastern church in particular. However, the latter holiday would be based on the lunar month, so it would be difficult to determine whether or not it was on the mind of the Christian usurpers. In any event, in the year 1 AD/CE and subsequently, the Feast of Ra-neb-dedet, the Egyptian God of Fertility, fell on the same day as that which was later established as the Feast Day of St. James the Great.

• May

• May is named after the Roman goddess of the Spring, Maia, mother of the god Mercury, also known as Hermes in the Greek mythology. May 1st is “Peak Spring,” also signifying the “Coming of the Great Ones from the House of Ra,” in the year 1 AD/CE, presuming that the Cairo Calendar was still in currency. Peak Spring is represented by Beltane or Walpurgis in the Celtic/Pagan calendar, a date preempted by the Catholic Church as that of St. Joseph, stepfather of Jesus. The Church apparently also appropriated Walpurgis by claiming it was the feast day of “St. Walpurga,” who supposedly lived in England in the 8th century but who is evidently the remake of the fertility goddess Waldborg.[29] The feast day on April 18th of St. John the Apostle likewise may have been placed in order to arrogate Pagan holidays on or around that date. There exists no scientific evidence that the Apostle John as depicted in the New Testament and Christian tradition was a single, historical personage. Like other “Ascension Days,” that of Jesus occurs on the day before the new moon, representing the disappearance of the sun’s light as the moon wanes. In 2010, the Christian Ascension Day occurs on May 13th. On May 21st of this year occurs the Buddhist celebration of Wesak/Vesak, which commemorates not only the birth of Buddha but also his enlightenment and death. This “coincidence” of all three milestones happening on the same date is an indication of the mythical nature of “the Buddha,” who is in reality a soli-lunar godman, as demonstrated in my book Suns of God: Krishna, Buddha and Christ Unveiled.

• June

• June is named for the chief Roman goddess, Juno, queen of heaven and wife of Jupiter. June is the month of the summer solstice, which begins on June 21st but which is celebrated for a few days before and after, including as “Midsummer Day” on the 20th, as well as Inti Raymi or the day of the Inca sun god Inti on the 24th. The Catholic Church superseded the summer solstice by placing the nativity of John the Baptist on the 24th, precisely six months before Christmas Eve, when his “cousin” Jesus—the winter sun—was born. In the New Testament, the Baptist’s mother is six months pregnant when the Virgin Mary conceives (Lk 1:36), and John is later depicted as making an enigmatic remark concerning Jesus: “He must increase, but I must decrease.” (Jn 3:30) This statement makes sense when it is understood that Jesus and John represent the sun at the winter and summer solstices, respectively. The placement in June (28th) of Vidovdan or the Feast of St. Vitus, who is known as the patron saint of dancers, appears to have been designed to Christianize the “midsummer dancing madness” of the Pagans. Likewise, the placing of the feasts of Sts. Peter and Paul on June 29th also served to override Pagan holidays, including possibly the Roman fest of Hercules Musarum or “Hercules of the Muses.”

• July

• July was the month of Quintilis (“Fifth”) before being named after the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. Like that of Jesus, the Ascension of Mohammed also occurs on the day before the full moon (July 9th in 2010), indicating various astrotheological aspects of Islam as well. July 11th in the year 1 AD/CE and for centuries following would have been the “Day of the Escape of the Fugitive Eye” in the Egyptian Calendar, referring to the sun god Ra. Oddly enough, the Catholic feast day of St. Benedict was also placed at that time centuries later, peculiar because of the story wherein Benedict had turned a temple of the Greek sun god Apollo into a Christian “oratory of St. John,” after which it was said that the “enraged god returned to torment him in the form of a black monster with flaming eyes.”[30] The heliacal rising of Sirius varies from place to place and era to era, in this modern era usually occurring on July 20th, although alternative dates include the 26th of July[31] and the first of August.[32] The 27th of July is the feast day of the Catholic St. Pantaleon, who is said to be a Christianized Italian god. The five epagomenal days upon which the gods Osiris, Isis and Horus, etc., were said to be born are generally placed in the middle of July. However, in the year 1 AD/CE, for example, these would not have occurred until the following month.

• August

• August was previously called Sextilis (“Sixth”) before being renamed after the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus. The first of August represents “Peak Summer,” with attendant Pagan holidays obviously commandeered by the Catholic Church placing the Fast in Honor of the Virgin Mary on this day. This day of Lammas was also co-opted by the Church as the supposed date of St. Peter’s miraculous escape from prison in the book of Acts of the Apostles. As is the case with John the Apostle and many others, there is no concrete evidence of Peter’s existence, and he appears to be a remake of Pagan deities, including the Roman god Jupiter. As with other Catholic feast days, the Transfiguration of the Lord on August 6th was designed to appropriate a Pagan celebration, according to the Catholic Encyclopedia (“Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ,” August 6th): The Armenian bishop Gregory Arsharuni (about 690) ascribes the origin of this feast to St. Gregory the Illuminator (d. 337?), who, he says, substituted it for a pagan feast of Aphrodite called Vartavarh (roseflame), retaining the old appellation of the feast, because Christ opened His glory like a rose on Mount Thabor.[33] The original Pagan celebration was “an early harvest festival celebrated in the western highlands of Asia (Persia, Iran, maybe Afghanistan) dedicated to a goddess called Vartavarh, or Roseflame (early chroniclers identified her with Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love).”[34] August 15th is also noteworthy because it was the day of an ancient festival of the Roman goddess Vesta, while both the Catholic and Orthodox Churches placed festivities of the Mother of God on that day as well, including the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. August 15th is said to have been chosen by the Catholic Church because on that day the sun rises and sets near the constellation of Virgo, the Virgin, whom the Christian Virgin was designed to supplant. Although they are often placed in July, the important five epagomenal days from the Egyptian calendar constituting the birthdays of the children of Geb and Nut would have occurred from August 24th to the 28th during the year 1 AD/CE. August 29th is another notable day, as it would have served as the birthday of the Egyptian sun god Ra-Horakhty and the beginning of the Egyptian New Year in 1 AD/CE and for centuries afterward. The calendar inscription of Ramesses II at Abydos also names this date as that of the Rising of Sirius, which, again, would signify the beginning of the Egyptian New Year. Meanwhile, centuries later the Catholic Church usurped the day by making it the commemoration of the beheading of John the Baptist. However, the Baptist is demonstrably a mythical figure, and his beheading represents an astrotheological motif. As Rev. Dr. Robert Taylor remarks: John the Baptist is beheaded on the 29th of August, because, on the fourteenth and a half of that day, the bright Star of Aquarius rises in the calendar of Ptolemy, while the rest of his body is below; and as the direct adversary of Aquarius is Leo, whom I have shown to be none other than King Herod: so King Herod, every 30th of August, at half after two in the morning, annually repeats the operation, of cutting off John Baptist's head.[35]

• September

• September is named after the Latin term for “Seven,” septem, because it used to represent the seventh of the 10 months in the original Roman calendar. In 2010, September 5th is the Muslim festival of Laylat al Kadr, which is held to be the date when the first verses of the Koran/Quran were received by Mohammed. However, this celebration is an evident takeover of an earlier Arab New Year Festival. Another indication of the astrotheological nature of elements within Islam exists in the celebration of Chaand Ra or “Moon Night,” which occurs on the new moon (Sept. 8th). Interestingly, “Chandra” is the name of the Indian moon god, whose main festival, Karwa Chauth, falls in October (27th in 2010), about nine days before the Hindu holiday of Diwali. The Jewish celebrations Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot are likewise based on the phases of the moon, both Islam and Judaism constituting lunar cults, while Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism are largely solar cults. September 21st, 22nd and 23rd contain various vernal equinox celebrations, including the Coya Raymi of the Inca, as well as the Pagan/Wiccan Mabon and the Catholic Conception of St. John, nine months before his birth at the summer solstice. St. Matthew’s Day was also placed on the 21st of September in order to preempt the Pagan equinox celebrations.

• October

• October comes from the Latin/Greek word for “Eight,” octo, originally representing the eighth month of the year. October is full of harvest and wine days. The Zoroastrian/ Persian festival of Mihragan or Mehregan on October 2nd is an important date, as it represents the vernal equinox and harvest time, dedicated to the ancient Persian sun god Mithra, whose feast day represents a sort of resurrection and whose birthday was traditionally celebrated at the winter solstice, specifically on December 25th, before the Catholic Church usurped that date. It appears that the placement of the feast day of St. Denis, Dennis or Denys on October 9th was designed to supersede the Oschophoria/Oskophoria celebrations of Dionysus, as well as the other Dionysian festival on the 3rd, as this Christian saint is evidently a remake of the Greek god. The Feast Day on October 18th of St. Luke, who was associated with horns, may be an appropriation of a Pagan celebration having to do with the Horned God or Herne, also known in the Celtic as Cernunnos. It seems that the placement of St. Luke’s Day on this date was an attempt to co-opt Pagan harvest and fall festivals. Another such supplantation occurs on the 21st of October, with the feast of the Teutonic moon goddess Urschel, as well as the Slavic moon goddess Ursala, being turned into the Catholic St. Ursula’s Day. Ursala or Ursula means “Little bear,” derived from the Latin for “bear,” ursus, and these moon goddesses may also have been bear goddesses equivalent to the Greek deity Artemis. The placement of the Feast Day of St. Simon & Jude on October 28th may have constituted a Christianization of the first day of the Celtic month of Ngetal or “Reed.” The story of the martyrdom of Simon in Britain, as well as his purported death also in Persia, having allegedly been sawn in half, making him the patron saint of woodcutters, causes one to believe he may be a remake of the Celtic woodcutter god Hesus or Esus. Halloween, while celebrated in largely Christian countries, is an ancient “Peak Fall” festival, one of the many “day of the dead” commemorations at this time, which represents a transition to the death of winter.

• November

• November was named for the Latin word for “Nine,” novem, was originally the ninth month of the Roman year. The Christian festivals of All Saints and All Souls Days were obviously placed in order to usurp the various Pagan peak fall festival days. The day after Halloween, All Saints Day is also called Hallowmas or All Hallow, followed by All Souls Day, likewise termed the Day of the Dead, as it is in the Maya calendar as well. The Rites of Hella were a Scandinavian festival in which the goddess of the underworld was beseeched to raise the dead. All Souls in the Roman Empire originally occurred on May 13th, likewise appropriated by Christianity: The chosen day, May 13, was a pagan observation of great antiquity, the culmination of three days of the Feast of the Lemures, in which the malevolent and restless spirits of the dead were propitiated.[36] The commemoration of St. Hubert’s Mass on November 3rd is said to be the Christianization of a feast day of the popular Pagan Horned God, this Catholic “hunter’s day” celebrated with dogs, horns and antlers. Although it is claimed that Hubert or Hubertus himself is a remake of the Horned God, his biography indicates he may have been a historical figure who has been reworked to co-opt the Pagan deity and religious motifs and celebrations. The apocryphal story of Hubertus becoming a more devout Catholic after being threatened, while out hunting on a Good Friday, with eternal damnation by a stag with a crucifix between its antlers sounds like a legend designed to convert the Horned God into a Christian saint, the stag or deer with antlers associated with the Celtic Cernunnos or Herne. The stag in the Hubert myth was at times identified as being white, such white stags figuring prominently in pre-Christian myths as well as in Christianity, with Jesus himself identified as a white stag. The deliberate takeover of a Pagan festival is evident in the placement of St. Martin’s Day or Martinmas on November 11th, which was previously the Roman festival of Vinalia, celebrating the Greek wine god Dionysus/Bacchus and the vine. This appropriation is expressed in an old ecclestiacal calendar: As the feast of Martinmas occurs at the genial period of the year when the harvest is in, and cattle are slain for the winter season, and new wine is first opened and tasted, it followed that Martin became the embodiment of good cheer and inherited some of the characteristics of the ancient Bacchus. There is certainly a strong resemblance between the Vinalia of the ancients and the Martinalia of the mediaeval period.… an ancient ecclesiastical calendar…under the head of November 11 expressly says, “The Vinalia, a feast of the ancients removed to this day, Bacchus in the figure of Martin.”[37] The celebration of the Passion of Osiris on November 13th is from the date set forth in the Cairo Calendar and Plutarch, 17 Athyr/Hathor, as it would have occurred in the Roman historian’s era. By this chronology, Osiris is resurrected on the 16th of November, whereas the same or similar important festival is also recorded at Dendera centuries earlier as having taken place from the 18th to the 30th of the month of Khoiak, which in Plutarch’s time would have corresponded to December. One of several dates for the alleged birth of Christ, as put forth by early Church father Clement of Alexandria (c. 150-215 AD/CE), is November 17th or 18th, which actually represents the New Year and feast day of the sun in “the province of Syria.”[38] Christ’s purported November birth is one or two days after the resurrection or rebirth of Osiris, according to the Athyr/Hathor dating of that festival. The placement of the celebrations of Christ the King and Archangel Michael on November 21st was likely designed by the Catholic Church to preempt a Pagan festival. It is interesting to note the contention that the Mexican god Kulkulcan/Quetzalcoatl likewise has his feast on that day. It is possible that the Feast of Christ the King was established in order to supersede the ancient Mexican festival. The Brumalia beginning on November 24th apparently constituted a Roman festival celebrating Bacchus, lasting a month, while the Brumalia fest that honored Bacchus/ Dionysus on December 25th was evidently a Greek commemoration. The confusion comes from two different roots for the word brumalia, one of which, bruma, means “shortest day.” The celebration of St. Andrew on November 30th also likely represents a replacement of a Pagan holiday, as the evidence points to Andrew himself being a rehash of an ancient Greek god representing manhood or “Andros.”[39]

• December

• December comes from the Latin word for “Ten,” decem, originally representing the 10th and final month of the Roman calendar. The feast of “Saint Barbara” on December 4th appears to be a remake of the Roman festival dedicated to the important goddess Minerva, also known in the Greek pantheon as Athena. The word barbara in Latin simply means “barbarian woman,” which may have signified the Pagan goddess. December is full of winter solstice celebrations beginning in remotest antiquity. For example, the date of December 21st as the festival of Amaterasu represents her “coming out of the cave,” a typical solar myth. The placement by the Catholic Church of St. Thomas’s Feast Day on December 21st is indicative of his role in questioning Christ’s resurrection, as Jesus is the sun, and “Doubting Thomas”—the “Twin”— symbolizes the time when the day star takes a “stutter step,” unsure whether or not it will return on its long journey back to fullness at the summer solstice. Likewise noteworthy is the festival of the Egyptian baby sun god Sokar occurring on 26 Khoiak, as related in the Calendar of Hathor at Dendera,[40] corresponding at the turn of the common era to December 22nd. The longstanding ritual of Sokar being carried out of the temple on this day in an “ark” closely resembles the censored commentary by Church father Epiphanius (c. 310/320-403) concerning the Egyptians bringing forth the baby sun born of a virgin at the winter solstice. This Egyptian “Christmas” celebration, styled by Epiphanius the “Kikellia,”[41] has also been called the “Rites of Isis” and has been asserted elsewhere to begin a few days earlier than December 25th, such as the “true” solstice of the 21st or 22nd, corresponding to the Sokar festival. The winter-solstice celebrations were so important that at times they exceeded the one or two days of the actual solstice in the Gregorian calendar, i.e., December 21st or 22nd. Solstice celebrations therefore do not necessarily fall on the traditional time of the solstice but may occur up to several days before or after, such as is exemplified by the Roman celebration of Saturnalia, which began on the December 17th and ended on the 23rd. Hence, a “winter solstice” birth as asserted for a number of gods would not necessarily be celebrated on those exact days or even on the more commonly accepted date of December 25th, which signifies the end of the three-day period of the solstice, as perceived in ancient times. The nativity of Inanna and advent of Isis—who possesses solar attributes —as well as the winter-solstice celebrations in India, all of which fall in January, nevertheless representing the return or rebirth of the sun, provide examples of this development. The winter-solstice birthday of the Greek sun and wine god Dionysus was originally recognized in early January but was eventually placed on December 25th, as related by Macrobius. Regardless, the effect is the same: The winter sun god is born around this time, when the day begins to become longer than the night. In 275 AD/CE, December 25th was formalized by Emperor Aurelian as the birthday of Sol Invictus, the Invincible Sun, and it is claimed that Aurelian likewise combined the Greek festival of the sun god Helios, called the Helia, with Saturnalia as well to establish this solstice celebration.[42] The highly important Mysteries of Osiris, which begin on the 14th of December and end with his resurrection on December 26th, follow a wintersolstice pattern similar to the Brumalia, Saturnalia and Christmas celebrations. The facts that this period comprises several festivities having to do with the passion, death and resurrection or rebirth of this prominent Egyptian sun god, and that the dates for these mysteries happened to correspond to the winter solstice when the wandering Egyptian Calendar was finally fixed, are extraordinary. The commemoration of the death of the Persian prophet Zarathustra or Zoroaster during this solstice time (21st or 26th) is also extraordinary, especially in consideration of the memorial of Osiris’s death around the same time. Although many people believe Zoroaster to have been a real person, apocryphal tales surrounding him similar to those of mythical figures, as well as his very name, which in Greek means “living star,” indicate he too may be a mythical figure, possibly a (sun) god made into a prophet, a common act in the ancient world. December 26th is likewise the feast day of St. Stephen, who also is likely a mythical figure, possibly based on the Crown/Corona constellation, stephanos in Greek meaning “crown.” Stephen’s Feast Day may have been placed at this time in order to preempt the resurrection of Osiris, which would have been fixed to this day, based on its Khoiak date, after the Alexandrian Calendar was created. Also, as Dr. Arthur Drews remarks, the Corona constellation “becomes visible at this time on the eastern horizon.”[43] As I further relate in my book Suns of God, the “Northern Crown” or Stephanos Arcticos is the “First Martyr” at the vernal equinox.[44] The date of December 27th for the feast day of St. John, according to tradition the “disciple whom Jesus loved” (Jn 13:23, et al.), may be a contrivance by the Church to co-opt the festival of the Egyptian god Nehebkau, who was the right-hand man of the sun god Ra. Interestingly, Nehebkau is considered a snake god, i.e., a master of the snake, while John’s legend has the saint being immune to snake venom and miraculously producing a snake from the venom in a chalice. Moreover, as I demonstrate in my book Christ in Egypt, the Gospel of John is highly Egyptian in nature and obviously created for an Egyptian audience.

Trial of Jesus

NOT Believable ...

JOHN SAYS NO TRIAL

According to John there was no trial of Jesus.  One man “advised” the Jewish leaders to kill him.

and brought him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.

Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jewish leaders that it would be good if one man died for the people.       John 18:13- 14

MARK AND MATTHEW DESCRIBE A TRIAL.

64 But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”

62   “I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

63  The high priest tore his clothes. “Why do we need any more witnesses?” he asked.

64  “You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?” They all condemned him as worthy of death.      Matthew 26:63-66

63 But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”

64 “You have said so,” Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: From now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

65 Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.

66 What do you think?” “He is worthy of death,” they answered.      Mark 14:61-64

Jesus claiming to be Christ, or the anointed one, or the Messiah is NOT, NOT Blasphemy under Jewish law.  Jesus said several times that he was the “son of man.”  Even if he said he was the son of God, isn’t every male on the planet the son of God?   But more to the point, every anointed King of Israel was bestowed the honorary title of “The son of God.”  Psalm 2:7.  This title is NOT a claim of deity.

This alleged crime of blasphemy was no real crime (deserving the death penalty?).  The eastern provinces swarmed with self proclaiming Christs (anointed ones) and claimed Messiahs.  They would call themselves son of God and would announce the end of the world has come and was imminent.  Not one person was ever executed for blasphemy.

Trial against Jewish Law

The two “Christian” gospels of Jesus having the described trial would be blatantly against Jewish law.  It is stated that the trial occurred in a private residence.  The Sanhedrin was prohibited from trying a criminal case outside the Temple grounds.  The Sanhedrin conducted trials in the Hall of Hewn Stones in the Temple.  The trials had to commence and finish during the day time (No night trials as alleged with Jesus).  Jewish law prohibits capital convictions on self-incriminating statements.  The Jewish law requires two fully qualified witnesses.  No exceptions.  The Gospels claim Jesus was convicted solely on his testimony alone which clearly violates Jewish law.  The creative forgers of the Gospels were not familiar with Sanhedrin law.

Romans Crucified Jesus but Jews were Responsible???

Notice how the Constantine New Testament made sure to blame the Jews for the death of “the Savior of mankind”, instead of the real crucifier in the story – the Romans.  Just another Christian contradiction.

<strong>Pontius Pilate</strong>

Pontius Pilate, a Roman judge, heard the accusations and said he finds no fault deserving the death penalty.  But then the New Testament wants people to believe that this Roman judge was so intimidated by this mob that he went against his judgement and handed over this “Roman judge deemed innocent man” to an angry mob so they can kill him.  But then the Romans decided to kill him.  This is not even good fiction.

To make as real the trial the Christian forgers produced a book “The Acts of Pilate” (AKA  the Gospel of Nicodemus) This detailed out the trial and what was said.  At first it was deemed canonical, but after it was realized that the story was based from dramatic passages and scenes from the 24 book of Iliad, it was then deemed “spurious” (opinion rather than inspired by God). The fictitious nature of the writing is obvious.

 NEW TESTAMENT SAYS JEWS WERE NOT PERMITTED TO EXECUTE A PERSON?

Not so New Testament writers.  The Jews did not have to turn over a person to the Romans to be executed as stated in  Mark 14:64, 15:1, 11-13; Matthew 27:1, 2, 20 .

The New Testament writers themselves later cite executions by Jews during that period as permissible.

1  The high priest tried, convicted, and executed Stephen.  Acts 6:12 15, 7:59.

2  A woman about to be executed in the Temple, John 8:2-11.

3  Paul didn’t want a Jewish trial so he insisted on a Roman trial.  Acts 25:11,15

4  Paul stated that the High Priest gave him authority to put to death the saints by “I cast my vote against them.  Acts 26:10

5  King Herod, a King of the Jews, executed John the Baptist.  Mark 6:27

6  King Herod executed James, the son of Zebedee.  Acts 12:2

7  Historian Josephus reported Jews condemned to death by the Sanhedrin during the Roman occupation.

8  Josephus also revealed that the Sanhedrin could actually execute Roman citizens for entering the sanctuary of the Temple.    Antiquites of the Jews, 14:9:3;    and Wars of the Jews, 6:2:4, both by Josephus.

Was It Lawful for the Jews to put to Death Jesus?

Yes.

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die. (John 19:7.)

No.

The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death. (John 18:31.)

Age of Jesus when He Died

There was bitter debates by the church fathers as to the age of Jesus when he died.  Irenaeus, who was highly educated and established much church doctrine (helped canonize the gospels), insisted that Jesus was at least 50 years of age when he was crucified.  His peers position was that Jesus was 30 to 33 years of age at his death.  Irenaeus flatly denied this position and labeled it heresy to say the age of Jesus’s death was around 30 years of age.

By the third century there were at least 25 writings circulating that had many different accounts of the death of Jesus.  Some had Jesus not put to death at all, some had him revived back to life, and some had him living to an old age and dying in Egypt.

Blood Cleansing

The New Testament —

In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.   Hebrews 9:22

Totally false.  The only law I can think of is Leviticus 17:11 which deals with the prohibition of the consumption of blood.

There are many examples in the Old Testament where sins were forgiven without any “shedding of blood”; the story of Jonah, the story of the golden calf, the story of David and Bathsheba.  Aaron used incense to atone for sin and a plague.  The poor could bring fine flour to atone for sin.  But blood sacrifices at the Temple was only used for the atonement of unintentional sin.  Blood did not atone for intentional sin.

Did Jesus bear witness of himself?

No

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. John 5:31

Yes

Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true. John 8:14

I am one that bear witness of myself. John 8:18

Was Jesus silent during his trial before Pilate?

He was silent.

He answered nothing, not a single word.

And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marveled greatly. Matthew 27:12-14

The chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing. And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee. But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled. Mark 15:3-5

He spoke many words on his own behalf.

Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?

Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?

Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then?

Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. John 18:33-37

How did Jesus respond when questioned by the high priest?

He did not answer directly.

I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said. Matthew 26:63-64

Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am. Luke 22:70

He answered directly by saying, "I am."

Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I am. Mark 14:62

Was Jesus taken to Caiaphas or Annas first?

Caiaphas

And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. Matthew 26:57

And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. Mark 14:53

Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. Luke 22:54

Annas

And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. John 18:13

Annunciation

Mary was going to have "God's" Child

God an Adulterer???

1  THE “WORD OF GOD” IS UNCERTAIN AS TO IF MARY WAS LEGALLY MARRIED TO JOSEPH (SHE HAD AN AFFAIR WITH THE “THE HOLY SPIRIT” AND BECAME IMPREGNATED).

A   No, Not married.   

   It was the betrothal time (engagement period).

27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.     Luke 1:27

This was the period after the Erusin ceremony (something of value was given in the presence of witnesses as a binding commitment to be married within a year at the Nisuin ceremony (Ketuba signed and chupa).  They did not cohabitate and the laws of adultery applied.

20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

      Matt. 1:20

B   Yes, She was married.

Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.     Matthew 1:19

According to Matthew, the “Holy Spirit” committed adultery!!!  

According to Luke, Mary was an unwed mother, and Jesus was a Bas*^*^rd.

2  When was the Annunciation?

Before Conception

Annunciation was before Mary conceived,

26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”

29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.

       Luke 1:26-31.

After Conception

She was already pregnant,

18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

       Matt 1:18-21.

3  Who was the Annunciation made to?

Mary

Annunciation was made to Mary, 

The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”

     Luke 1:28.

Joseph

It was made to Joseph,

20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

      Matt. 1:20

Why is the virgin birth ignored by Mark and John? Why does Jesus never refer to it? Nor does Paul. Only Mary could have known the real truth, but nobody claims to have the facts from her. 

Astro-Theology

The Judeo-Christian Bible tells a wonderful story.
It is, in fact, often referred to as  “The Greatest Story Ever Told” (ever SOLD!)
And so it is! You are now about to find out why!

In the New Testament of Christian Bible, a provocative and most serious challenge is laid on the whole of Christianity. Since it bears directly on our subject, we will quote it:

“…if Christ be not risen, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith is also in vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God. And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.” (I Cor 15:14, 15, & 17)

In the New Testament there is a warning given to all who would build a house. Namely, before you lay the foundation, find out what the foundation itself will rest on – solid rock, or sand? The reason is obvious … or said another way; “You need to stand under the foundation to get a true under-standing!”

THE FOUNDATIONS

Let’s closely examine the original, conceptual foundations of the faith, and then decide “…if Christ be not risen. ” But in order to do that, we must go back, not 2.000 years to the birth of Christ, but 8 to 10,000 years to the birth of modern man. For when one seeks to establish foundations, one must begin at the beginning.

Many thousands of years ago in what we refer to as the the “primordial world” of the ancients, human life was a far different experience to that which we enjoy today. While it is true that we have less documentation on that prehistoric world than we have on our own age, ample enough is known from the ancient writings to paint a rather clear picture of our primitive ancestry. If we have learned anything at all, it is this: The more we change, the more we stay the same. And nowhere is this more clearly demonstrated than in the history of man’s quest for “God”, and the ancient religion we still keep holy today.

According to the best understanding we have gleaned from the available records, life for our ancient forefathers was a mixture of wonder and fear. Each day, just finding food for one’s family without becoming a meal yourself for the roaming predatory animals, was a life and death struggle. (If you have ever ventured out on a cold night with insufficient clothing, and without friend or family near, you could quickly see how fearful the dark, cold primordial nights could be) And then came winter!

It was from these meager, distressful conditions of the human race that our long history of the search for God and meaning has come. Any evolution, at it’s most accelerated rate, is always agonisingly slow. But from the beginning, man’s’ profound questions demanded answers. When no clear answers were forthcoming from the universe, man turned inward, and developed his own. Keep in mind that all the theological teachings of the Western World were developed in the Northern Hemisphere. The study of this subject is properly called
           – “Astro-Theology” or, “The Worship of the Heavens”.

ASTRO-THEOLOGY------

This is the first, original, and therefore the oldest, and most respected story on Earth! It did not take ancient man very long to decide that in this world the single greatest enemy to be feared was the darkness of night, and all the unknown dangers that came with it. Simply stated, man’s first enemy was darkness.

Understanding this one fact alone, people can readily see why the greatest and most trustworthy friend the human race could ever have was by far, heaven’s greatest gift to the world … that Glorious Rising Orb of Day: …

     the SUN

With this simple truth understood, we can now begin to unravel an ancient and wonderful story.  Today, as in all mankinds’ history, it has once again been told anew.

Modern-day Christianity has often belittled our ancient ancestors who are not here to defend themselves.   They falsely accuse that they were nothing more than ignorant worshippers of the sun. Therefore we can, with assurance, summarily dismiss thousands of years of human spirituality as ignominious myth, believed by well-meaning, but gullible primitives. Too much of this kind of spiritual arrogance and religious pride has continued without challenge. The time has come to set matters straight.

THE CHALLENGE------

First. no people of the ancient world believed the “Sun” to be “God”. That belongs in the “disinformation file”.

In point of fact, every Ancient culture and nation on Earth have all used the Sun as the most logically appropriate symbol to represent the Glory of the unseen Creator of the heavens. Here it is important to remember two points.

First, with the exception of Japan, the ancient world mythologies always understood the Sun to be masculine in qualities, and the moon feminine. Second, the English language is derived from the German. In the Germanic, the word ‘Sun‘ is spelled ‘Sonne’. The two words can (and have been) used interchangeably.

Old Testament:

“The heavens are declaring the Glory of God.” (PS.19: 1)

New Testament:

“Jesus is the Glory of God.” (2 Cor 4:6)

Old Testament:

“The SUN of Righteousness will arise with healings in His wings.” (Mal 4:2)

New Testament:

“God’s Son/Sun…he is risen!” (Matt 4:16)

Saying. “How, often I wanted to gather you under my wing. ”

The Statue of Liberty…to this day, kings still wear a round “crown of thorns,” symbolising the rays of the Sun!

The “Ancient Story” went something like this….

1. The ancient peoples reasoned that no one on Earth could ever lay claim of ownership to the Great Orb of Day. It must belong to the unseen Creator of the Universe. It was, figuratively speaking, not man’s, but “GOD’S SUN”. Truly, “God’s Sun/Son was…

THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.

2. As stated before, in the dark cold of night man realzed his utter vulnerability to the elements. Each night, mankind was forced to wait for the ” Risen Sun” to chase away the physical and mental insecurity brought on by the darkness. Therefore, the morning Sun focused man’s attention on heavenly dependents for his frail, short existence on Earth, and in doing so, it became the appropriate symbol of divine benevolence from heaven.

3. So just as small fire brought limited light into man’s own little world of darkness, likewise the “Great Fire of Day” served the whole Earth with its heavenly presence.  For this reason, it was said at Deut 4:24, and Heb 12:29 that the God of the Bible was a “Consuming Fire” in heaven. And so He is!

4. It was accepted by all that man was bound to a life on Earth, but the sky was God the Father’s abode – His dwelling place. Naturally, God’s Son/Sun would also reside with his Father ” up in HEAVEN”.

5. Ancient man saw in his male offspring his own image and likeness, and his own existence as a father was proved by the person of his son. It was assumed that God’s ‘Sun was but a visible representative of the unseen Creator in heaven. So it was said, “When you have seen the Sun, you have seen the Father “. or “The Father is glorified in his Sun”.

6. Ancient man had no problem understanding that all life on Earth depended directly on life-giving energy from the Sun. Consequently, all life was lost without the Sun. It followed that God’s ‘Sun’ was nothing less than “Our very Saviour”.  If you don’t think so, wait ’till it don’t come up!

7. Since life is energy, and energy from the Sun gave life, and we sustained our very existence by taking energy in from our food (which came directly from God’s Sun), the Sun must give up its life supporting energy so that we may continue to live.

“God’s Sun gives his life for us to live.”

8. While it was plainly true that our life came from and was sustained each day by “Our Savior… God’s Sun”, it was and would be true only as long as the Sun would return each morning. Our hope of salvation would be secure only in a “RISEN savior”. For if he did not rise from his grave of darkness, all would be lost. All the world waited patiently for His ‘imminent return”. The Divine Father would never leave us at the mercy of this world of darkness. His Heavenly promise concerning his Sun was surely that…”He would come again“…to light our path, and save those lost in the darkness … and He still does…every morning about 5:30 am.

9. Logically, even if man himself died, as long as the Sun comes up each day, life on Earth will continue forever. Therefore, it was said in the ancient texts that everlasting life was “the gift” that the Father gives through his Sun. For…”God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten SUN that we may have life everlasting”….on Earth!  Not for you personally – but ON EARTH… everlasting life!

10. Since evil and harm lurked at every turn in the fearful dark of night, all evil or harmful deeds were naturally, the…”works of darkness.”

11. With the return of the Sun each morning, man felt more secure in his world and therefore, was at peace. Therefore, God’s ‘Sun’ was with his warm rays of life and hope…The Great “Prince of Peace“.

12. And of course the reverse was equally true. The dark evil of night was ruled by none other than…”Prince of Darkness“… The EVIL / DEVIL.

13. Our English words ‘Good’ and ‘God’ we get from the German word ‘Goth’ as in ‘Gothic’. Now we see God is Good, and Devil is Evil

14. It was only a short step to see “The Light of God’s Sun” equated with the light of truth – and evil equated with darkness. From then on, it was simple to understand…

      “LIGHT was GOOD – DARK was BAD.”

15. That being true, then the Great Orb of Day (God’s Sun) could rightly say of itself,

“I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, and no man comes to the Father except through me”, or one comes to God Only by the Light of Truth.

16. We should all “give thanks” to the Father for sending us His “Sun”. For the peace and tranquility he brings to our life is even called ‘Solace’ – from “Solar” = Sun.

17. We now have before us two (2) cosmic brothers – one very good, and one very evil. One brings the “truth to light” with the “light of truth”. The other is the opposite, or in opposition to the light – “The Opposer”…      Prince of this World of Darkness–     The “Devil”.

18. It is at this point that we come to Egypt. More than 3,000 years before Christianity began, the early morning “Sun/ Savior” was pictured in Egypt as the “New Born Babe”. The infant savior’s name was “HORUS”.

19. The early morning Sun or “New Born Babe”, was pictured in two ways.
A) The Dove – Bringer of Peace
B) The Hawk – God of War
(who punishes the enemies of God!).

20. At daybreak. this wonderful, newborn child, God’s ‘Sun’, is … ‘Born Again’ Horus is Risen. Even today, when the Sun comes up, we see it on the “Horus-Risen”, or “Horizon”. His life was also divided into 12 parts or steps across Heaven each day: 12 HORUS = 12 HOURS. This is the origin of the modern ” 12 Step Program”. Horus is the (new-born) Sun, or the Bringer of the Light. In Latin, Light Bringer is Lucis, or Lucifer, or Luke.

21. But now, what about the evil brother of God’s Sun, that old rascally “Prince of Darkness” himself? In the Egyptian, he was called “SET”. We are told in the Bible that when God’s Sun died, He left the world in the hands of the Evil Prince of Darkness. This evil prince took over the world at “SON-SET“.

22. It was generally observed that ‘God’s Sun’ could be depended upon to return in the same manner that he left, namely, “On a Cloud“”..and that “Every eye will see Him“” … Every evening, go out and watch the Sun leave this world “on a cloud”. And next morning, watch to see Him return on a cloud. And every eye will see him come again! … Unless you’re blind!

23. Keep in mind ‘God’s Sun’ symbolically represented the light of truth, but was condemned by His enemies who could not endure the light of truth in their life. The ancients taught that the very act of opposing or denying the light of truth to the point of killing it, happened in one’s own mind! When we are confronted with the harsh realities of life, the light of truth, which we do not wish to face, and which runs counter to our views, such truth is judged in your mind, or judged “in the temple area” of your brain, and put to death in your head !Therefore, ‘God’s Sun – The Truth and The Light – is put to death at “GOLGOTHA” , or “PLACE OF THE SKULL “, located somewhere between your ears! This putting to death of the light of truth in your mind is always accompanied by two thieves: Regret for the past and Fear of the future.

24. And of course God’s ‘Sun’ goes to His death wearing a “corona” – Latin for “Crown of Thorns” . Remember the Statue of Liberty? To this day, Kings still wear a round crown of thorns, symbolizing the rays of the Sun!

25. God’s ‘Sun’ brought His wonderful light to the world, and distributed it over 12 months. So it was said, God’s ‘Sun’ had 12 companions, or helpers, that assisted His life-saving work. So it was, God’s ‘Sun’ had 12 apostles (or months) that followed Him religiously through His life. Incidentally, now you know why the American jury system has 12 jurors who help bring the truth to light, with the “Light of Truth”.

26. As far back as we can go into the ancient world, we find that all known cultures had a “Three-in-one” Triune God. The very first trinity was simply the three stages of the life of the Sun.

   A) New Born Savior at dawn.

   B) Mature, full-grown (The Most High) at 12 (High) noon.

   C) Old and dying, at the end of day (going back to The Father).

All three were of course One Divinity – The Sun   three different phases, but one God!

The Trinity is truly a mystery…Like electricity, radio, TV, and jumbo-jets are all a mystery to the un-enlightened mind!

27. The Egyptians knew that the Sun was at its highest point in the sky (at high noon). At that point, one offered prayers to the “Most High” God! To the ancients, the sky was the abode, or heavenly temple, of the “Most High”. Therefore, God’s ‘Sun’ was doing His heavenly Father’s work of enlightening all in the temple at 12 …not 12 years old, but 12 noon!

28. The world of ancient man kept track of times and seasons by the movement of the Sun daily, monthly, and yearly. For this, the sundial and sun calendars were devised. Not only the daily movement of the Sun was tracked on the round dial, but also the whole year was charted on a round Sun calendar dial. Examples: Ancient Mexican, Mayan, Inca, Aztec, Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Egyptian, Celtic, Aryan, etc. With this method, certain new concepts emerged in the mind of ancient man.

29. Since the Earth experienced 4 different seasons, all the same and equal (in time) each year, the round Sun calendar was divided into 4 equal parts. This is also why we have, in the Bible, only 4 Gospels. Of this point, there can be no doubt. The 4 Gospels represent the four 4 seasons which collectively tell the entire story of the life of God’s ‘Sun’. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John are Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. This is why the famous painting of “The Last Supper” pictures the 12 followers of the Sun in four groups (of three) … the seasons!

30. On the round surface of the yearly calendar, you can draw a straight line directly across the middle, cutting the circle in half… one end being the point of the winter solstice; the other end being the point of the summer solstice. Then you can draw another straight line (crossing the first one); one end of the new line being the spring equinox; the other end being the autumn equinox. You now have the starting points for each of the 4 seasons. This is referred to by all major encyclopedias and reference works, both ancient and modern, as “The Cross of the Zodiac”. Thus, the life of God’s ‘Sun’ is on “the Cross”. This is why we see the round circle of the Sun on the crosses of Christian churches. The next time you pass a Christian church, look for the circle (God’s Sun) on the cross.

The Sun, since the first day of summer, has each day been moving southward, and stops when it reaches its lowest point in the Northern Hemispheric sky (December 22nd – our winter solstice).

At this lowest point, the Sun stops its journey southward.  For three days, December 22nd, 23rd , and 24th, the Sun rises on the exact same latitudinal (declination) degree.

This is the only time in the year that the Sun actually stops its movement Northward or Southward in our sky. On the morning of December 25th the Sun moves one degree northward beginning its annual journey back to us in the Northern Hemisphere, ultimately bringing our spring. Anything steadily moving all year long that suddenly stops moving for three days was considered to have died. Therefore, God’s Sun who was dead for three days, moves one-degree Northward on December 25th beginning its annual journey back to the Northern Hemisphere. The Sun is symbolically ….BORN AGAIN.

And to this day, His worshippers still celebrate His BIRTHDAY!…. Merry Christmas.

31. Today we use expressions when someone dies. We say things like, “They Passed“, or “They Passed On”, or “They Passed Away”. The ancients said “They Passed Over” (from one life to another), And so it was with the coming of spring, as God’s Sun is “Resurrected” from the Death of Winter to His New Life (in spring).

In the ancient world, long before the Hebrews ever existed, the celebration of spring was called “The Pass Over.” The Sun, which was dead in winter, has passed over to His new life in spring. This is the origin of the modern Pass Over celebration.

This is why Christians also celebrate “The Resurrection”, or His return, in spring with a “Sun Rise service”… He kept His Promise, and has returned to us with the Promise of New Life… “HAPPY EASTER-PASSOVER!”

Judas Story

The Betrayer

Judas “the betrayer” is mentioned over 30 times in the Christian New Testament. The similarity of the names of "Judas" and "Jews" makes the intention of the story suspect since the Christians classify Jews as evil people in their New Testament which glorifies Christianity as the replacing religion of Judaism.

The specific name was used to put the responsibility of Jesus's death on the Jews in order to negate any doubts concerning their fable that the Jews would raise since they were living in the area and knew that the events never occurred.   Others would see a Jew betraying one of his own.  It also parallels the kingdom of Judah betraying the northern kingdom of Israel.  This would also make others look unfavorably on Jews who would refuse to believe the fabled Christian religion.

Gospel of Judas

The Gospel of Judas portrays Judas as a most trusted disciple and acted according to the wished of Jesus. If Jesus intentionally died for everyone’s sins according to his plan then there was no unintentional death by the betrayal of Judas.

After being lost for nearly 1,700 years, the "Gospel of Judas" was recently restored, authenticated, and translated. The Coptic, or Egyptian Christian, manuscripts were unveiled at National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Some biblical scholars are calling the Gospel of Judas the most significant archaeological discovery in 60 years.  The only known surviving copy of the gospel was found in a codex, or ancient book, that dates back to the third or fourth century A.D.

The text goes on to describe Judas as Jesus' closest friend, someone who understands Christ's true message and is singled out for special status among Jesus' disciples.

In the key passage Jesus tells Judas, "'you will exceed all of them. For you will sacrifice the man that clothes me.'"

Kasser, the translation-project leader, offers an interpretation: "Jesus says it is necessary for someone to free him finally from his human body, and he prefers that this liberation be done by a friend rather than by an enemy."

Did Judas do it?

NO,

Judas didn’t do it.  The Devil did it. Satan entered into Judas and corrupted him.

As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. So Jesus told him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”     John 13:27

Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve.     Luke 22:3

Devil was not involved.

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.      Mark 14:10

When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. 4 “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.” “What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.” 5 So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself. 6 The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.” 7 So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.8 That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. 9 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel, 10 and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”     Matthew 27:3-10

When did the Devil enter into Judas?

YES, BEFORE the Last Supper.

Then entered Satan into Judas, . . . and he went his way and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him. . . . Then came the day of unleavened bread when the passover must be killed.      Luke 22:3, 4, 7.

YES, AFTER the Last Supper.

And after the sop Satan entered into him.      John 13:27.

Did Judas identify Jesus with a kiss?

Yes.

Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.       Matthew 26:47-49

And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely. And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him.       Mark 14:43-45

No Kiss

And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?       Luke 22:47-48

No, Jesus identified himself.

Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he.       John 18:3-5

Why did Jesus have to be identified at all since he was so well known and famous through out the land.  The deceptive kiss is merely an erotic  literary device used in plays through out ancient times.

Where did the money come from to bribe Judas?

Judas

He was a corrupt treasurer of the disciples.

 Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor.     John 13:29

The priests.

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.     Mark 14:10

When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. 4 “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.” “What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.” 5 So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself. 6 The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.” 7 So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.8 That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. 9 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel, 10 and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”     Matthew 27:3-10

Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve.     Luke 22:3

Jesus named Judas as a betrayer at the last supper.

NO, he didn’t

While they were reclining at the table eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me—one who is eating with me.”     Mark 14:18

But the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table. 22 The Son of Man will go as it has been decreed. But woe to that man who betrays him!”     Luke 22:21-22

YES, he did.

Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.” Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.      John 13:26

Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely you don’t mean me, Rabbi?” Jesus answered, “You have said so.”    Matthew 26:25

How did Judas die?

He hanged himself.

And he cast down the pieces of silver into the temple, and departed, and went out and hanged himself.   Matthew 27:5

His stomach burst open

    according to Luke.

And falling headlong he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.   Acts 1:18

Did Judas repent for what he had done to Jesus before he killed himself?

NO, he didn’t.

beginning from John’s baptism to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”     Acts 1:22

YES, he did.

   Judas regretted his betrayal.

So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.     Matthew 27:5

Where did Judas die?

At “Blood Acre” 

   According to Luke;       

18 (With the payment he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out. 19 Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)        Acts 1:15-22

Matthew did not know.

So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.     Matthew 27:5

Who bought the land “Blood Acre”?

Judas himself.

Now, this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity.   Acts 1:18

Judas returned the money.

3 When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. 4 “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”     Matt 27:3-7

The Priests bought it.

And the chief priests took the silver pieces, . . . and bought with them the potter’s field.   Matt. 27:6, 7.

What does the name “Blood Acre” Mean?

Judas’s blood death,

    according to Luke.

Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)     Acts 1:19

The blood money used to buy the land.

That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.     Matthew 27:8

Jeremiah’s 30 Pieces of Silver?

NOT … Christians claim the verse in Jeremiah prophesized the 30 pieces of silver.

Again, Christians demand that you to “Just Believe”, and don’t think you will check up on them.

And they consulted together and bought with them the potter’s field to bury strangers in. Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day. Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, ‘And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the value of Him and who was priced, whom they and the children of Israel priced. And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.’    Matthew 27:7-10 citing Jeremiah 32:6-9

Jeremiah referred to seven shekels and 10 pieces of silver and not to a potter’s field, but to house plots, fields, and vineyards.

Behold, Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy yourself my field that is in Anathoth, for upon you is the law of redemption, to buy it … I weighed out the money for him; seven shekels and ten pieces … For thus said Hashem, Master of Legions, God of Israel,; ‘Houses, fields and vineyards will yet be bought in this land.’    Jeremiah 32:6, 32:9 32:15.

Jeremiah land was a land of hope and restoration NOT a negative portrayal of guilt and death. And NO … that is NO 30 pieces of silver.

Zechariah’s 30 Pieces of Silver

10 Then I took my staff called Favor and broke it, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.

11 It was revoked on that day, and so the oppressed of the flock who were watching me knew it was the word of theLord.

12 I told them, “If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.” So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.

13 And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the house of the Lord.

14 Then I broke my second staff called Union, breaking the family bond between Judah and Israel.

Zechariah 11:12-13

This is not Jeremiah as Matthew quoted.  It is Zechariah.  It is the only mention of 30 pieces of silver.  And the context is totally different than that is quoted by Matthew as prophesy.